# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5, 1987

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ATL88LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA065.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Elizabethtown, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1987 · N7151L · Substantial damage
  > After a short stop btn flts, the battery was too weak to crank the eng. The plt elected to hand-prop the eng while his non-rated pax held the brakes. He briefed the pax on the proper procedure. He had previously allowed the pax to operate the brakes while…
- [NTSB ATL88LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA041.md): Grumman AA-5A · Thomson, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 22, 1987 · N7109L · Substantial damage
  > The airplane struck high-tension power lines while maneuvering at about 100 ft AGL. The collision occurred about 2/10 of a mile from the residence of the plt's girlfriend. One of the wires fell to the ground, damaging an auto and setting a field on fire. The…
- [NTSB LAX88LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA003.md): Grumman AA-5A · Big Bear City, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1987 · N7368L · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot bounced during landing and collided with runway lights and a taxiway sign. He landed on runway 25 with winds reported 040 degrees at 8 knots. He said he could not receive wind information because he had inadvertantly turned off his radio.
- [NTSB MIA87LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA230.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Vega Baja, PR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1987 · N100UA · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that he had descended from 4500 ft to get out of the clouds & at 1300 ft, the eng became rough. He stated the RPM dropped from 2300 to 1000. He also stated that he did not use carb heat prior to or during the descent. The plt stated that when…
- [NTSB CHI87FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA140.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Middleton, WI · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1987 · N1358R · Destroyed
  > The pilot had communicated with other pilots concerning the difficulties he was having with the winds. He had already attempted approaches to two other runways but had failed to complete a landing. He asked the pilot of a recent arrival for the wind…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1987
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3960104'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960104&year=1987

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